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ADWGC Tokyo 2 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Brodie Grundy (ranked 6957 p4p, 482 weight class) and Stan Judea (ranked 674 p4p, 98 weight class). Judea is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I want to be a woman - Monty Python. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 8 losses; Brodie Grundy! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Sydney, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 1 losses; Stan Judea! The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Shigeki Fujiwara.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious? Judea is trying hard to land a takedown here. Grundy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Grundy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Judea manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Grundy clinches. Judea gets underhooks to prevent Grundy's takedown attempt.
Grundy jumps into guard, dragging Judea to the mat.
Judea wants to pass the guard but Grundy is keeping the position. Grundy wants to sweep here but Judea controlling him for the moment. Judea passes Grundy's left leg - he's now in half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Grundy actively working from the bottom here. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Grundy trying to control from the bottom.
Grundy gets back to full guard.
Judea wants to control from the top but Grundy keeps moving. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round. Grundy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Grundy is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Grundy looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Judea passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Grundy (0) vs (3) Judea Grundy is trying to control Judea's posture but Judea avoids it. Grundy manages to get back to half guard. Judea moves nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Grundy (0) vs (6) Judea
That's two minutes gone in the round. Grundy is trying to control Judea's posture but Judea avoids it. Grundy controls the position for a moment. Judea is trying to move to mount but Grundy reverses beautifully and ends up in Judea's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Grundy (2) vs (6) Judea Grundy trying to control but Judea is working from the bottom. Grundy advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Grundy (5) vs (6) Judea
That's three minutes gone in the round. Judea is trying to improve his position. Judea is not content to let Grundy control the position. Judea tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Grundy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Grundy trying to control the action but Judea is working from the bottom. Judea tries to buck Grundy off but Grundy is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Grundy looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Grundy trying to control the action but Judea is working from the bottom. Grundy will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Judea tries to buck Grundy off but Grundy is having none of it. Grundy wants to control but Judea is keeping him busy. Grundy wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Judea, who protects the arm well.
That's five minutes gone in the round. Grundy controls the position. Grundy has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. Judea tries to bench press Grundy off him but Grundy keeps the position. Grundy wants to control but Judea is keeping him busy.
That's six minutes gone in the round. Judea manages to work his way to half guard, despite Grundy's best efforts. Grundy wants to work for an arm triangle but Judea is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Grundy wants to take a breather but Judea is having none of it. Grundy is taking a breather. Judea says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's seven minutes gone in the round. Judea trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Score +3 for passing guard: Grundy (8) vs (6) Judea Judea bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Grundy (8) vs (8) Judea Judea must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Judea is fighting to break Grundy's control of his arms but Grundy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment. Grundy has an active guard here but Judea has managed to pass into half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round. Grundy wants to control but Judea is keeping busy and won't allow it. Grundy manages to get to full guard.
Grundy wants to sweep but no luck. Grundy keeping moving, preventing Judea from controlling successfully. Grundy pulls Judea in close to prevent any damage. Grundy looking for a guillotine here but Judea defends easily.
Grundy throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's nine minutes gone in the round. Judea postures up.
Grundy keeping full guard, as Judea tries to pass. Judea trying to control but Grundy is working from the bottom. Grundy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Judea pushes down on Grundy's leg and manages to get into half guard. Judea prevents Grundy from improving his position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round. Judea passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Grundy (8) vs (11) Judea Grundy is trying to escape the mount.
Grundy sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though. Grundy desperately trying to maintain half guard. Judea has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Grundy (8) vs (14) Judea
That's eleven minutes gone in the round. Grundy gets back to half guard. Judea prevents Grundy from improving his position. Judea is pressing down on Grundy's thigh, looking to free his foot. Grundy is holding on for now. Grundy wants to control but Judea is keeping busy.
Grundy desperately trying to maintain half guard. Grundy is looking to control Judea's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Grundy avoid being mounted? Grundy tries to get to full guard but Judea has control of the leg.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round. Grundy is controlling Judea's trapped leg to prevent Judea from advancing to side control. Judea wants to free his trapped foot but Grundy is holding on for dear life with his legs. Grundy is looking for a sweep. Judea is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Grundy controlling the leg, holding on to half guard. Judea looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Grundy wants to improve his position but Judea is controlling well.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round. Grundy trying to control here.
Judea seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Grundy does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Judea prevents Grundy from improving his position. Grundy is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Judea's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Judea's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Grundy (12) vs (14) Judea Grundy wants to control but Judea is keeping busy.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round. Grundy controls the action. Grundy has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Judea has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Judea rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Grundy keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Judea is trying to get back to full guard. Judea is refusing to be controlled, as Grundy sits in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight! Judea wins on points by 14 to 12. Stan Judea made sure to mention his sponsor, FORCEE in his post fight interview. |
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